Between the school established in Eden at the beginning and the school of the hereafter there lies the whole compass of this world’s history,—the history of human transgression and suffering, of divine sacrifice, and of victory over death and sin. Not all the conditions of that first school of Eden will be found in the school of the future life. No tree of knowledge of good and evil will afford opportunity for temptation. No tempter is there, no possibility of wrong. Every character has withstood the testing of evil, and none are longer susceptible to its power. “To him that overcometh,” Christ says, “will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.”[418] The giving of the tree of life in Eden was conditional, and it was finally withdrawn. But the gifts of the future life are absolute and eternal. The prophet beholds the “river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.” “And on this side of the river and on that was the tree of life.” “And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain; for the former things are passed away.”[419] [Sidenote: “_All Righteous_”] “Thy people also shall be all righteous: They shall inherit the land forever, The branch of My planting, The work of My hands, That I may be glorified.”[420] [Sidenote: _Teachers_] Restored to His presence, man will again, as at the beginning, be taught of God: “My people shall know My name;... they shall know in that day that I am He that doth speak; behold, it is I.”[421] “The tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God.”[422] [Sidenote: “_Unto Living Fountains_”] “These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple.... They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters.”[423] “Now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face:” now we know in part; but then shall we know even as also we are known.[424] “They shall see His face; and His name shall be in their foreheads.”[425] [Sidenote: _Field of Nature_]